Overview

• Indian diplomat Rentala Srinivas used the UN General Assembly’s Right of Reply to call Pakistan “Terroristan” on Sept. 27 in New York.
• Pakistan’s Muhammad Rashid denounced the remark as “utterly shameful” and accused India of resorting to insults instead of arguments.
• Rashid labeled India a “regional bully” and alleged Indian intelligence operatives have been accused of financing sabotage and targeted killings abroad.
• Citing earlier remarks by S. Jaishankar, Pakistan rejected Indian terrorism allegations, pointing to its claimed sacrifices of over 90,000 lives in counterterrorism.
• The verbal clash was set against unresolved fallout from the April Pahalgam attack and a brief May military escalation that eased after U.S. intervention.